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Thursday, May 16, 2013

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

On a cold and snowy
night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English
banker and his wife. Sadly, she dies before she can draw her first
breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out
a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least,
unusual.

For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in any number of
ways. Clearly history (and Kate Atkinson) have plans for her: In Ursula
rests nothing less than the fate of civilization.

Don’t Go by Lisa Scottoline

In Don’t Go,
she breaks new ground and delivers the story of a soldier who discovers
what it means to be a man, a father, and ultimately, a hero.When Dr.
Mike Scanlon is called to serve as an army doctor in Afghanistan, he’s
acutely aware of the dangers he’ll face and the hardships it will cause
his wife Chloe and newborn baby. And deep inside, he doesn’t think of
himself as a warrior, but a healer.

However, in an ironic turn of
events, as Mike operates on a wounded soldier in a war-torn country,
Chloe dies at home in the suburbs, in an apparent household accident.
Devastated, he returns home to bury her, only to discover that the life
he left behind has fallen apart. His medical practice is in jeopardy,
and he is a complete stranger to the only family he has left - his
precious baby girl. Worse, he learns a shocking secret that sends him
into a downward spiral.

Ultimately, Mike realizes that the most
important battle of his life faces him on the home front and he’ll have
to put it all on the line to save what’s dearest to him – his family.

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

A stunning debut novel
in which a single mother reconstructs her teenaged daughter's life,
sifting through her emails, texts, and social media to piece together
the shocking truth about the last days of her life.

Litigation
lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is stunned when her
daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn, calls with
disturbing news: her intelligent, high-achieving fifteen-year-old
daughter, Amelia, has been caught cheating.

Kate can't believe
that Amelia, an ambitious, levelheaded girl who's never been in trouble
would do something like that. But by the time she arrives at Grace
Hall, Kate's faced with far more devastating news. Amelia is dead.

Seemingly
unable to cope with what she'd done, a despondent Amelia has jumped
from the school's roof in an act of "spontaneous" suicide. At least
that's the story Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. And overwhelmed as
she is by her own guilt and shattered by grief, it is the story that
Kate believes until she gets the anonymous text:

She didn't jump.

Sifting
through Amelia's emails, text messages, social media postings, and cell
phone logs, Kate is determined to learn the heartbreaking truth about
why Amelia was on Grace Hall's roof that day-and why she died.

Fly Away by Kristin Hannah

Once, a long time
ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone,
on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was
our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me
against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don’t they?
You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .

Tully
Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and
driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome
anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill
her deathbed promise to Kate--to be there for Kate’s children--but Tully
knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people.

Sixteen-year-old
Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother’s death. Her father, Johnny,
strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts,
Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Nothing and no one seems to
matter to her . . . until she falls in love with a young man who makes
her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world.

Dorothy
Hart--the woman who once called herself Cloud--is at the center of
Tully’s tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a
child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter’s side at a time
when Tully is most alone. At long last, Dorothy must face her darkest
fear: Only by revealing the ugly secrets of her past can she hope to
become the mother her daughter needs.

A single, tragic choice and
a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and
set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost
her way, and they will need each one another--and maybe a miracle--to
transform their lives.

Taking Eve by Iris Johansen

Forensic sculptor Eve
Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones
have vanished. She knows their anguish—her own beloved
daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years
old. It is only recently that this mystery was resolved and Eve could
begin her journey to peace.

Now, Jim Doane wants the same kind of
answers that Eve always longed for. His twenty-five-year old son may or
may not be dead and he has only burned skull fragments as possible
evidence. But he cannot go to the police for answers without risking
his own secrets and dark past, so instead he chooses a bold step to find
the truth—a truth that takes Eve down a twisted path of madness and
evil and into the darkest heart of her own history. Doane needs Eve
Duncan’s skills and he’ll do anything to get them.

Even if it means taking Eve.

Whiskey Beach
by Nora Roberts

For more than three
hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its
shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home…

A Boston
lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police
investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder
of his soon-to-be-ex wife.

He finds sanctuary at Bluff House,
even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating from a
nasty fall. Abra Walsh is always there, though. Whiskey Beach’s resident
housekeeper, yoga instructor, jewelry maker, and massage therapist,
Abra is a woman of many talents—including helping Eli take control of
his life and clear his name. But as they become entangled in each other,
they find themselves caught in a net that stretches back for
centuries—one that has ensnared a man intent on reaping the rewards of
destroying Eli Landon once and for all…

Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell

On the surface
beautiful, quiet Shaye has little in common with dark, dangerous Tanner.
He's a suspicious big city cop come home to the historic Davis family
ranch to settle his uncle's estate. She's working for an environmental
conservancy that acquires and protects old ranches-and she wants to
preserve the Davis homestead.

When the suspicious death of
Tanner's uncle at his ranch throws the two opposites together, tempers
flare and sparks fly. While they have trouble seeing eye to eye, Shaye
and Tanner agree on one thing: they need to uncover the truth.

Combining
their unique skills-Shaye's low-key approach and local connections and
Tanner's experience as a homicide detective-the unlikely pair share long
nights in the pursuit of justice. Before they know it, the friction
they generate turns to heat, igniting a burning love neither ever
expected to find.

They believe passion this intense cannot last.
But when Shaye becomes a killer's target, Tanner realizes he'd give up
anything to protect her-including his life.

Daddy’s Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark

When the family-owned
furniture firm, including the mansion where priceless antiques are kept,
explodes into flames in the middle of the night, Kate must escape to
save her life. But the suspicious circumstances point to her
involvement. Was the explosion set deliberately? Why was Kate, a
gorgeous CPA for one of the biggest accounting firms in the country, on
the premises at that hour? And why was Gus, a retired and trusted
employee, with her?

Now Gus is dead and Kate lies in the hospital
gravely injured. Hannah, Kate’s sister and a rising fashion designer,
must discover what drew them there and what dangerous secrets lies
hidden in the ashes.